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BARNES, Maureen (nee Dixon). It is with great sadness that our family announce the passing of our dear and loving mother and grandmother. Maureen was called home to be with the Lord on March 15, 2005 at Country Terrace Nursing Home, Komoka, Ontario where she had been a resident for the past four months. Maureen was a resident of Delaware, Ontario for the past eight years where she had lived with her daughter Patricia and son-in-law Robert (Musty) and her five grandchildren, Kim, Bob, Justin, Kevin and Maureen. She will be missed by her son Bill and his wife Carol and their daughters Alana and Dayna; her daughter Carol and her husband John Yates and their children Ryan and Catherine; her sister Anne van Ulft; godson Richard Dunn and nieces and nephews. Maureen was passionate about gardening and baseball. The fruit of her autumn plantings in the front garden always delighted the Musty neighbourhood with the daffodils and azaleas in early spring. Delaware baseball will truly feel her absence at the local baseball games as she was an avid supporter at her grandchildren's games from T-ball in 1990 right up to the Midget team games last summer. Maureen was born in Montreal, Quebec, the fifth of six children of William and Ellen Dixon. She married our father Michael Barnes (deceased September 1996) and raised her three children in Montreal. She worked part time in the telephone order dept. in Simpson Sears Co. in downtown Montreal. Maureen was a past parishioner of St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Montreal East. She moved from Montreal to London, Ontario in 1991 to be closer to her family. Visitation is arranged from 7 to 9 p.m. March 22, 2005 at the Elliott Madill Funeral Home, Mount Brydges. A funeral Mass will be conducted at 11 a.m. March 23, 2005 at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, 2452 Gideon Drive, Delaware, Ontario 652-3491. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Elliott Madill Funeral Home, 22424 Adelaide Road, Mount Brydges, 519-264-1100. Published in the Montreal Gazette on 3/22/2005